A total of 1300 employees, within a wide range of disciplines, work at ConocoPhillips in Tananger. The daily operation of the four fields in the Greater Ekofisk Area is coordinated and supported from the Tananger office, and some operational functions run around the clock.
High Activity
At the maritime logistics center they follow the traffic to and from the Greater Ekofisk Area continuously. The activity level is high offshore. It is important that the appropriate personnel are in the right place with the right tools and equipment at any time. It requires extensive planning and monitoring.
'Timing'
"We’ve become good at timing over the years," says base logistics director Jan Bjerga, who has 38 years experience at the Tananger base. During the year 400,000 tons of cargo is shipped offshore.
"We have four regular supply boats in traffic to and from the field plus additional leased vessels as required," says Bjerga.
Supply boats use about four and a half days on a trip from Tananger to Ekofisk and back. Including the vessels that occasionally are in use there is on average one call per day.
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Since 1973, Tananger, in Sola municipality, has been the place for ConocoPhillips in Norway.
The first stage of what constitutes the current headquarters in Ekofiskveien 35 was built in 1972, and in inaugurated in May the following year. The quay and warehouses also stem from this period.
Extensions
The first major expansion in Tananger took place early på1980 century. Ten years later came the most recent extension.
The need for office space has increased in recent years. From 2006 the company has rented office space in Plattformveien, half a mile away. Around 150 of the approximately 1,300 employees that make up the total workforce in Tananger work in Plattformveien.
Tenant
The buildings and the base facility at the main office is currently owned by a real estate company, with ConocoPhillips as a tenant. ConocoPhillips has the full responsibility for operation and maintenance of the buildings.
The Tananger Office in Numbers
• Inaugurated in 1973
• Office space 30.0000 m2
• Quay/base area 23,000 m2
• 1300 employees
• 700 parking spaces
• 11 company buses daily
Facts about Supply Base
• 400,000 tons of freight per year to Ekofisk
• 70,000 annual crane lifts - one every three minutes during working hours
• Approximately 33,000 purchase orders processed annually
• 19 trucks and two mobile cranes in operation
• 165 m of quay
• Workshop for maintenance of equipment
• Local oil spill equipment with booms and emergency boat is located on the base